CVE-2008-5557

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 None
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5557
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-23T18:30:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-11T20:56:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45722 Exploit
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0477.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32948
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c?r1=1.7&r2=1.8 Exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021482
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35306
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47525
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10286
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5557
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5557
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:27:21 Added to TrackCVE